Here are some interesting notes about the duel.
Game Notes: UNICS Kazan vs. FC Bayern Munich
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· This is the first-ever EuroLeague meeting between these two teams.
· The two teams played in the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals in the 2017-18 season. Bayern won the best-of-three series in which the home team won each game.
· Bayern head coach Andrea Trinchieri returns to Kazan where he coached UNICS in the 2013-14 season. He won the Russian Cup with the team, guided it to the EuroCup Finals, and was named EuroCup Coach of the Year that season.
· Bayern forward Vladimir Lucic played under current UNICS coach Velimir Perasovic for a season and a half, from 2013 to 2015, at Valencia Basket.
· Bayern big man Leon Radosevic was still a teenager when he made his EuroLeague debut with Cibona Zagreb. It was Coach Perasovic who made him a full-time starter in the 2009-10 season.
· Bayern swingman Darrun Hilliard made his EuroLeague debut with Baskonia in the 2018-19 season where he played under Coach Perasovic.
· Bayern forward DeShaun Thomas and his UNICS counterpart Mario Hezonja were teammates at FC Barcelona during the 2014-15 season.
· UNICS center Tonye Jekiri posted his career-high with 4 steals playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against Bayern in February 2020. He dished a career-best 5 assists with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Bayern in March 2021.
· UNICS guard Evgeny Valiev grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds playing for Khimki Moscow Region against Bayern in January of last season.
· UNICS guard Viatcheslav Zaitcev collected a career-best 4 steals playing for Khimki Moscow Region against Bayern last season.
